The second surprise attack of the coalition ended in failure, and although it was Odoase, one of the most fierce Germanic generals, he still returned with a feather, not only losing half of his men and horses, but also Odoase was seriously injured and broke several bones because he jumped off the wall and rolled down the hillside.

Odoas, who returned to the camp, was comforted by Hall, Mondy, Homsis and others, Odoase knew that it would be useless for him to stay here, not only would he not be able to help the battle situation, but he might also be robbed of military power by Hall, Mondy, Homsis and others because he was seriously injured and had difficulty moving, and after these people left his tent, he immediately found his cousin Valdoru and ordered: "Cousin, I am seriously injured now, Hall and Mondy and Homsis will definitely secretly plot against us, Razlog is no longer important to us now, the most important thing is to preserve strength, I am going to quietly lead the troops to withdraw overnight, back to Carmen City, you take a hundred people to stay to observe the situation, no matter what happens, you must send someone to report to me immediately, I have to be prepared, understand? ”

After hearing this, Valdoru nodded and said, "Don't worry, cousin, I will send someone to report the situation to you at any time, cousin, if the coalition forces defeat Razlog, what should we do?" ”

Odoases thought for a while and said: "No, no matter what the outcome of this war is, at this stage, we don't want to recapture Laslog anymore, I guess that after the main officers of the Western Roman Empire arrive, it is estimated that it will be difficult for the Huns to hold Lazlog, and it will be a matter of time before Lazlog is recaptured." But we can't do anything, and wait and see how things unfold, Razlog is a border fortress on the border with the Huns. It's impossible for the Romans and Hall and Mondi to give up lightly, and when they fight to the death, we'll make another move, so let's do it! ”

"Got it!"

At dawn that day, Odoase, who was mortally wounded, endured severe pain and left with his army, but Valdoru remained with a hundred men, and the rest of the tents were empty.

After dawn. Homsis, Hall, Mundy and others discovered the anomaly one after another, and sent people to Odoyase's camp to take a look, only to find that Odoyase had left, leaving only Valdoru and a hundred men. The others were all gone, and Mundy, who got the news, scolded in his tent: "Odoase, this kid is so vigilant, he would even think of leaving quietly at night, hum." Count his fate! ”

Lazlog.

Qin Dong had breakfast. Putting on his armor and holding the hilt of his sword, he was about to go out to inspect the defenses of the city wall, Liu San suddenly came and handed over a piece of cloth and said: "Young master, according to the information sent by someone in the coalition army, it is said that Odoaser rolled down the hill and was seriously injured after leading his team to raid Yinsong Village last night, and he was worried that Hall, Mondy, Homsis and others would be unfavorable to him and his army, so he led his troops to evacuate the coalition camp overnight and returned to Carmen City. Only his cousin Valdoru was left with a hundred men in the camp to monitor the movements of the warring parties! ”

"Oh? Odoaser actually ran away? This is not what I expected, Odoase is not a simple person. It can be seen from this incident that he is very vigilant in his perception of danger, and his analysis of the situation is also very set, this person is a fierce enemy, and he must not relax his monitoring, he must firmly grasp his movements, and report to me at any time! ”

Liu San immediately said: "Yes, young master, I will pay special attention to it!" ”

"Hmm!" Qin Dong nodded, and asked again, "Is there any other news?" ”

"There is no particularly important news from the north yet, there is no movement on the side of the Eastern Roman Empire, the border trade is going on normally, and the new governor of Thrace sent someone to say that he has received instructions from Leo I, instructing him to maintain good relations with us, the main army of the Western Roman Empire, a super-formed legion, is only a hundred miles away from here, according to their current marching speed, it is estimated that they will arrive tomorrow morning, and they should be able to attack the city the day after tomorrow!"

The marching speed of the main army of the Western Roman Empire was somewhat beyond Qin Dong's expectations, and Qin Dong asked again: "How many troops are there, how many people are in each branch, have you figured these out?" ”

"This army is the Fourteenth Army Corps stationed in the province of Macedonia, about 10,000 people, including 1,000 cavalry, equipped with light leather armor, weapons with long swords, including archers, a total of 6,000 infantry, and a 1,000-person siege team, which is specially responsible for building, driving, and using siege equipment, and logistics and transportation of 2,000 people!"

The size of this legion is beyond Qin Dong's imagination, generally speaking, the regular legion of the Roman Empire has about six thousand people, including a cavalry team of about one hundred and twenty people, and the entire legion is equipped with sixty trebuchets and ballistas, if you attack the city, the striking strength of so many trebuchets and ballistae is very powerful, and at the same time, the cavalry of the fourteenth legion is as many as more than a thousand people, although the equipment is light cavalry equipment, but the number is almost ten times more, it seems that the Western Roman army is also trying to increase the number of cavalry, But the economic situation of the Western Empire is not very good, there is no money, and it is not possible to form cavalry on a large scale, and it is not difficult to see from the fact that these thousand cavalry are light cavalry, after all, light cavalry costs much less, but if it is heavy cavalry, the cost is very expensive.

Qin Dong thought for a while and ordered: "The scale of 10,000 people is not small, more than half of the number of a regular legion, such a huge number of troops, the dependence on logistics and transportation is very large, I will give you a very important task, find out who the chief general of the logistics baggage force is, what types of troops his army has, how are the weapons and equipment, where are their grain and grass materials hoarded, and how many people are guarding, these must be checked clearly!" In addition, the important point is to find out who the commander of the 14th Legion is, what is his origin, I want his information and related materials, and also, we will soon have to deal with the Western Roman Empire, you must do your best to improve the intelligence system, make it run at full speed as soon as possible, and for some officials and generals in the Eastern and Western Roman Empires and the Xiongnu, your intelligence system must collect their information."

Liu San nodded and said, "Okay, young master, my old Liu is doing things, you can rest assured!" ”

The Fourteenth Army finally arrived at the city of Razlog the next morning, and before the arrival of this main army, Homsis had already sent people to expand the camp several times, enough for more than 10,000 people, and the current strength of the coalition army, excluding the logistics and transportation troops, could be used for more than 11,000 troops, which was almost ten times the number of troops in the city of Razlog.

According to the "Art of War", ten sieges and five attacks are generally like this, but this statement is not appropriate here, because Razlog is a fortress, with cliffs on both sides, and it is difficult for birds to cross, and the coalition army can only gather under the south city wall, but cannot detour to the north, so the idea of besieging the city is unrealistic, and the only way to recapture Razlog is to fight.

The camp of more than 10,000 people is not small, according to the twenty soldiers living in one tent, a total of more than 500 tents are needed to meet the need, these tents are tied together, connected together, and the end is not visible at a glance, which is really spectacular.

Ten times the enemy army came all at once, the pressure on Qin Dong was very great, and the coalition army occupied an overwhelming advantage in terms of strength or second, the key is that the coalition army had sixty trebuchets and ballistae this time, such a huge number of trebuchets and ballistas, if they were fired together, then the consequences they would cause were simply unimaginable, Qin Dong was not worried about the sturdiness of the city wall, this was a fortress after all, and the factors of large-scale siege were taken into account when it was built in the early days, so it was built very strongly, So many trebuchets and ballistas may not be able to smash down the city wall, he is worried that the soldiers on the city wall will not be able to withstand the attack of so many trebuchets and ballistas, once the opponent's trebuchets and ballistas are fired, no matter how the soldiers hide, the overwhelming stones will definitely cause a lot of casualties to the soldiers defending the city.

After the Fourteenth Army arrived at the city, Qin Dong stood alone on the city wall and looked at the large camp within a radius of several miles on the opposite side in a daze, standing for several hours at a time.

The Fourteenth Army of the Western Roman Empire has just arrived today, and it is also marching at a very fast speed along the way, and it should not be attacking the city today, and the main general must let the soldiers fully rest, and then attack the city after recovering their spirit and body, Qin Dong has long considered this.

Sure enough, news came from the inside line, the commander of the 14th Legion, Helorius, ordered a two-day rest, Helorius is forty-three years old this year, he is from a generational military family, his grandfather and father have been legion commanders, it can be said that Helorius is a very orthodox Roman general, he has received formal military education since he was a child, and has had a very in-depth study of military books and battle strategies and some famous battles.

From the experience of Helorius, Qin Dong judged that he was a very cautious person, and he would not dare to break through the shackles and use strange tricks in his combat methods, in fact, with his current strength, there was no need to take risks to attack Qin Dong, and it was completely unnecessary.

To deal with such a person, you must make a surprise move, in terms of troops, Qin Dong's strength can not be compared with Helorius at all, the gap is too big, it is absolutely undesirable to conduct an offensive and defensive battle with Herolius in a regular manner, this can only be the end of defeat, if you want to turn the tables, you can only win by surprise.

After summoning several major officers, Qin Dong observed the expressions of some of these officers and said, "Presumably you all know that the Western Roman Empire has sent a main army this time, and it is a super-large main army, 10,000 people!" Excluding the soldiers and baggage troops who operated the siege equipment, they can now use about 10,000 troops for the attack! Are you all scared? ”

This last sentence made several officers blush a little, Qin Dong gave a step, and he said: "It's false to say that you are not afraid, I am also afraid, after all, their strength is ten times that of ours!" But we must not be timid, as long as we are timid, the morale of the soldiers below will be lost, and if we, the officers, are confident, the soldiers will have confidence. Don't look at the fact that there are so many of them, and the number is ten times that of us, but I want to tell you that although the victory or defeat of a war depends on the number of troops, it is not absolute, and it is not possible to win a war with a large number of people.

The legions all came over curiously, wanting to hear how Qin Dong was going to win more with less, Qin Dong said, "Let's ...... like this." (To be continued......)